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ORAU provides scientific and technical solutions to advance national priorities in science, health, education & security. ORAU manages @ORISEconnect for @ENERGY

 Oak Ridge, TN
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ORAU’s Professional Training Programs have trained more than 30,000 scientists, physicians, engineers, regulators, educators & technical professionals in areas like applied health physics, air sampling for radioactive materials, gamma spectroscopy & more: bit.ly/4ywqDzR
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ORAU is proud to be a founding corporate partner for the Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation's planned Innovation Center at Oak Ridge High School. ORAU's support is in keeping with our ongoing efforts to expand the STEM workforce pipeline throughout the region.
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80 years ago today ORAU was incorporated, becoming a founding employer in post-Manhattan Project Oak Ridge. Over our history, ORAU has helped advance our nation’s most important missions through science, health & workforce solutions. More: bit.ly/34Igc3S
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ORAU will welcome James P. Danly, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, and Congressman Chuck Fleischmann to Pollard Center for the Next Steps for the Nuclear Workforce event on Tuesday, Oct. 20. For more information and to register: orau.org/pathway-to-trades/i…
This image is a digital flyer for an event titled "Next Steps for the Nuclear Workforce," part of the Pathway to Trades Series. It features headshots of a congressman and the deputy secretary of energy. The flyer includes logos for ORAU, NBTU, and the Tennessee Nuclear Workforce Network. The event is scheduled for October 20, 2026, at the ORAU Pollard Center, with a Mix & Mingle from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

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📣 Oak Ridge City Council has proclaimed Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, to be ORAU Day in honor of our 80th anniversary. Mayor Warren Gooch presented the proclamation to ORAU President and CEO Meghan Millwood during the City Council’s monthly meeting on Monday, Oct. 12.
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. @6news ORAU's newly released East Tennessee Nuclear Workforce Demand Assessment, a report on the need for workers of all kinds to meet the needs for the growing nuclear energy industry. Watch here: bit.ly/4i0wS8Y #workforcedevelopment #demandstudy #nuclearenergy
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ORAU’s East Tennessee Nuclear Workforce Demand Assessment shows that demand for some nuclear energy workers outpaces the state’s current training pipelines. Read more and get the report here: bit.ly/4hOmD7D #nuclearenergy #workforcedemand #workforcedevelopment
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The “Radium Girls” were young women hired to paint luminous watch dials using radium-infused paint—often encouraged to shape their brushes with their lips. Read the full story: bit.ly/4rQm5T2 #RadiumGirls #History #WorkplaceSafety #RadiationHistory #OccupationalHealth
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ORAU is proud to highlight a new CDC-funded training program developed with Faces & Voices of Recovery: Pregnancy, Postpartum & Early Parenting: Peer Support for Families Impacted by Substance Use. More at Recovery Leadership Summit, Breakout D, 3:30–5:00 PM. #PublicHealth #ORAU
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AI continues to transform industries & convergence with biotechnology opens the door to groundbreaking medical advances & complex risks. Greg Nichols, AI Lead for ORAU STEM Accelerator, discusses: bit.ly/4d3znFD #ArtificialIntelligence #Biotechnology #emergingtechnology
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ORAU will welcome James P. Danly, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, and Congressman Chuck Fleischmann to Pollard Center for the Next Steps for the Nuclear Workforce event on Tuesday, Oct. 20. More information and a registration link are coming soon!
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Many organizations do emergency management through disconnected spreadsheets, email chains, paper files & manual reporting processes. ORAU’s Emergency Manager 360 was built to change that. More: bit.ly/4AdOEOg #emergencypreparedness #emergencymanagement
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October is shaping up to be an exciting month for follow-on activities from this summer's Pathway to Trades Summit. Keep an eye out for more information coming soon. Check out our blog and results from the event here: bit.ly/4uTmJj4 #nuclearenergy #pathwaytotrades
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ORAU’s experts understand the relationship between safety culture and safety performance so well that they’ve written about it! Check out the research here: bit.ly/4iOFSjs #safetyculture #nuclearrenaissance
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The recommendations in the ORAU-led Nuclear Energy Academic Roadmap provide a framework for strengthening each stage in the education pipeline ensuring robust and effective connections between levels. More: bit.ly/4npK3B9 #nuclearenergy #academicroadmap
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Davyda Hammond is an ORAU Trusted Partner on our #Epidemiology & #ExposureScience team. She helps organizations evaluate and improve their #safetyculture. There’s nothing more important to America’s workforce than going home safely each night. More: bit.ly/4yokYwC

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ORAU is a leader in organizational and safety culture. Our team of subject matter experts has extensive experience in workplace evaluations for the nuclear, chemical, and other high-hazard industries. Learn more: bit.ly/4iOFSjs #safetyculture #organizationalsafety
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ORAU is a leading provider of radiological characterization staffed with highly skilled health physicists and radiation safety experts. Our results are backed by more than 35 years of experience working with federal and state agencies. Learn more: bit.ly/4jmGblL
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September is National Preparedness Month. Mary Connelly, ORAU manager of emergency management, discusses how EM360 can help organizations streamline emergency exercises without adding administrative burden. LISTEN HERE: bit.ly/3TkD3MM #PreparednessMonth #EM360
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ORAU’s Archie Smart, project manager on the NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Project, will be a panelist discussing workforce strategy during the @ORChamber inaugural HR Solutions Summit on Thursday, October 1. Register: bit.ly/4ye1GKc
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